DENVER — Chris Bassitt was playing a game of chess in Adam Ottavino’s hotel room on Friday night when his agent called him, saying they had a deal in place. Bassitt and the Mets avoided an arbitration hearing, which was set for Monday, when the two sides agreed to a one-year, $8.8 million deal for…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Sunday May 22, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the…
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LONG BEACH — The Long Beach State baseball team has found its finishing kick, albeit too late to climb into the postseason mix. Long Beach outlasted rival Cal State Fullerton for a 4-3 victory on Saturday afternoon at Blair Field, earning its fourth consecutive series victory and its ninth win in its last 10 games…
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It was a night that was going to leave the Miami Heat at a loss, regardless of the outcome, with Jimmy Butler’s night done at halftime due to knee inflammation. But that also is where the Heat held the line, riding the aggression of center Bam Adebayo to a harrowing 109-103 victory Saturday night over…
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With a crowd that had been waiting for this day for almost three years on its feet, Adley Rutschman shook hands with home plate umpire Andy Fletcher, smiling and sharing pleasantries, then stood behind home plate at Camden Yards on the dirt he will patrol for the Orioles for years to come. Before he squatted…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 109-103 NBA playoff victory over the Boston Celtics: – Heat coach Erik Spoelstra rarely shows his hand before a game. – Any hand. Any game. – Saturday morning was different. – With Bam Adebayo averaging a meager eight points two games into this series, on an…
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PHILADELPHIA — The Dodgers’ offense, with 58 runs in the nine games before Saturday, has started to fulfill its potential of late. Justin Turner and Max Muncy have not. Counted on to add heft to the middle of the Dodgers’ lineup and length to it overall, Turner and Muncy entered Saturday’s game with batting averages…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now IRVINE — A stinging loss in extra innings in the CIF-SS Division 5 softball final couldn’t take away El Toro’s pride on Saturday afternoon. Neither could a highly-discussed play at the plate in the top of the eighth inning that nearly gave the…
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DJ LeMahieu hit a grand slam and a milestone Saturday. The Yankees infielder hammered his second career grand slam in the second inning of the Bombers 7-5 win over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. It came on the day he reached 10 years of service time in the big leagues. “It’s hard to wrap…
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DENVER — Baseball can be poetic, and for Starling Marte, this was one of those moments. Marte, on the first pitch he saw since returning from the bereavement list following his grandmother’s sudden death, crushed a home run off Rockies right-hander German Marquez and parked it in the left-center field seats at Coors Field in…
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